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Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.401(k)

HARDWARE SPECIALTY CO., INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN & TRUST · LONG ISLAND CITY, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. reported $3,760 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,816 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.008% to 0.012%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 1,793rd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,200th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 220 to 328 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,187,568
Participants with balances318
Active participants328
Employer contributions$595,624
Employee contributions$1,251,549
Employer contribution per active participant$1,816
Average account balance$107,508
Benefits paid to participants$3,309,205
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorEISNERAMPER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.2M · 318 accts · $596K emplr
2023$30.5M · 293 accts · $504K emplr
2022$24.5M · 270 accts · $452K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,760
Total administrative$3,760
The Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,816
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,816 per active participant
2023$2,089 per active participant
2022$2,053 per active participant

Hardware Specialty Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$3,760 · 0.01%
2023$2,444 · 0.01%
2022$2,266 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 111962241 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.